Wairarapa Agritourism - Exploring our opportunities March networking evening

Join us for another Agritourism networking event !

Wairarapa Agritourism – Exploring our opportunities March networking evening.

This event is part of our agritourism network series, and is for anyone interested in agritourism within the Wairarapa. This is a great opportunity to connect with like-minded people and become part of the local agritourism community.

We have three fabulous guest speakers at our March event, who will share their agritourism journeys and thoughts on the future.

Kiri Elworthy - Tora Coastal Walk

Kiri Elworthy joins us to share the story of Tora Coastal Walk. Founded in 1995, this iconic agritourism venture is now three decades old. It is a trailblazer in the New Zealand private walk scene, and has managed to navigate change and stay abreast of customer expectations to become the success it is. Kiri shares the Walk’s incredible story and gives her insights into navigating the future as agritourism operators.

https://toracoastalwalk.nz/

Tom and Julia Broughton - Pōhatu Farm

Tom and Julia farm Pōhatu farm, in Riversdale, Wairarapa. They launched an agritourism venture in December 2024 that takes advantage of the farms natural capital and Julia and Tom’s passion to create authentic, meaningful experiences for visitors. Tom and Julia will share their experience establishing this new venture, and give us their insights on adding an agritourism stream to the farm.

https://www.pohatufarm.com/far...

Mickey Trotter - Blackburn Ridge

Mickey and her husband Clem, farm 2,600 hectares across Hawke's Bay. This year they launched their agri-tourism business "Blackburn Ridge" on their home block, Glen Appin farm in Ongaonga, CHB. They began their agri-tourism journey to share the incredible views the Blackburn Ridge and surrounding area has to offer, with others, along with diversifying their farm income streams

https://blackburnridge.co.nz/

Run of event:

6:30pm - arrival, drinks and networking

6:45pm - talks start

8:00pm - talks finish, networking

8:30pm - Evening close

All welcome, see you there!